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Albert Simon went to school until to the seventh grade. He had to go to work on the farm in the third grade. He had to...

Romus Valtin Burgin worked with a contact officer from the VA [Annotator's Note: Veterans Administration] named Frank...

Fulton Taylor was deployed on a Liberty Ship to the Pacific after his assignment to ACORN 8 [Annotator's Note: Aviation...

Camp Bowie [Annotator's Note: in Brownwood, Texas] was a major camp that could handle several regiments. At the same...

George Peto had a unique experience there [Annotator's Note: on Okinawa] one time while watching kamikazes hitting...

When Donald Hoff's plane went into its dive, it did not last long. At 250 miles per hour the dive goes by quick. When...

Edward Bale went to Okinawa at the beginning of the assault as part of a deception force that did not land. The 2nd...

George Joseph Sullivan was on a ship gun crew. When he would be sitting off the beach, he would ask to go ashore. Once...

Raymond Birdsall [Annotator's Note: a Torpedoman 3rd Class on the USS Batfish (SS-310)] was 17 years old when he joined...

John R. Elliott was born in July 1919 in Greeley, Colorado. He lived there until he was 13 years old. He went to a one-...

Wilbur Rogers said that everything he did [Annotator's Note: during his time in the US Navy] was before he was 21 years...

Charles J. Alvarez Sr.’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was when it was announced that the war was over. He...

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